| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Gender in Title or Summary | Ethnicity in Title |
| Leslie Prentice |
At Risk for Incarceration : Women in Poverty, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Medicaid |
32 Women's Rights Law Reporter 81 (Fall, 2010) |
Amy Bishop, a neurobiology professor seeking tenure at the University of Alabama, shot six colleagues at a faculty meeting, killing three of them. The media coverage surrounding the incident emphasized the unlikely nature of the crime and the players. For example, the Boston Herald published one article describing Bishop as an oddball and another...; Search Snippet: ...Law Reporter Fall, 2010 Note at Risk for Incarceration [Fn1] : Women in Poverty, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Medicaid Leslie Prentice... |
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| Anna Blackburne-Rigsby |
Black Women Judges: the Historical Journey of Black Women to the Nation's Highest Courts |
53 Howard Law Journal 645 (Spring 2010) |
INTRODUCTION. 646 I. BENEFITS TO HAVING A DIVERSE APPELLATE JUDICIARY. 649 II. PLACING THE FIRST BLACK MALE JUDGES AND FIRST WHITE WOMEN JUDGES INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT. 652 A. Reconstruction: 1865-1877. 653 B. End of Reconstruction: 1877. 654 C. The Women's Suffrage Movement: 1800-1920. 655 D. World War I: 1914-1918 (America entered the war in...; Search Snippet: ...Past and Future of Black Lawyers in America Article Black Women Judges: the Historical Journey of Black Women to the Nation's Highest Courts the Hon. Anna Blackburne-rigsby... |
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Yes |
African/Black American |
| Esther Canty-Barnes |
Comments: Rutgers School of Law -- Newark and the History of Women and the Law |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 186 (Winter/Spring 2010) |
When I stepped into Rutgers, a new and different world opened up to me. As a Southerner, my life had always been viewed from the perspective and impact of the civil rights movement and being a product of a segregated society. I was pleased to see that there were people who cared, were energized and engaged in academic thought concerning injustices...; Search Snippet: ...Comments: Rutgers School of Law -- Newark and the History of Women and the Law Esther Canty-barnes [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Karen Musalo , Elisabeth Pellegrin , S. Shawn Roberts |
Crimes Without Punishment: Violence Against Women in Guatemala |
21 Hastings Women's Law Journal 161 (Summer 2010) |
When Rody Alvarado's husband, a former soldier in the Guatemalan military, repeatedly battered and brutalized her, he rarely failed to mention that even if he killed her, no one would care. Unfortunately for Rody, and for the many thousands of Guatemalan women who are the victims of violence, her husband's words accurately describe the situation in...; Search Snippet: ...Women's Law Journal Summer 2010 Crimes Without Punishment: Violence Against Women in Guatemala Karen Musalo [Fna1] Elisabeth Pellegrin [Fnaa1] S. Shawn... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Lisa Pasko |
Damaged Daughters: the History of Girls' Sexuality and the Juvenile Justice System |
100 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1099 (Summer 2010) |
We try to give the girls the skills to make better choices and take responsibility for their actions. We tell them, It's now up to you when you leave here, but I know it's not going to work for most of them. . . . They're just too much in the life, you know? They come in here with a lot of damage. -- Therapist, girls' residential facility...; Search Snippet: ...Symposium: a Century of Criminal Justice Iii. The People Damaged Daughters: the History of Girls' Sexuality and the Juvenile Justice System Lisa Pasko [Fna1] Copyright... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Morgan Geller |
Every Woman Deserves Her Own Pair of Genes: the Constitutionality of Patenting the Brca Genes in Association for Molecular Pathology V. U.s. Patent & Trademark Office |
34 Nova Law Review 765 (Summer, 2010) |
I. Introduction. 766 II. History and Constitutional Principles of Patent Law, DNA, and the BRCA Genes. 769 A. Defining and Interpreting Genes and Patentable Subject Matter. 769 B. Myriad Problems. 771 C. Impeding the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts. 773 1. The Need for Dynamic Constitutional Interpretation. 776 III. Novel Legal Challenges:...; Search Snippet: ...Review Nova Law Review Summer, 2010 Note and Comment Every Woman Deserves Her Own Pair of Genes: the Constitutionality of Patenting... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Rosalind Dixon |
Female Justices, Feminism, and the Politics of Judicial Appointment: a Re-examination |
21 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 297 (2010) |
The question should not be whether Justice O'Connor's seat ought to be filled by a woman but why half of the nine justices are not women . . . . We're asking for another woman. -- Feminist Majority Foundation, 2005 NOW urges President Obama to nominate a woman to join [Justice Ginsburg on the Court] . . . . We want two women (and three and four...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Feminism Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 2010 Article Female Justices, Feminism, and the Politics of Judicial Appointment: a Re... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Paige W. Eager, Ph.D. |
From Freedom Fighters to Terrorists: Exploring Women and Political Violence |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 268 (Winter/Spring 2010) |
Throughout human history, both men and women have utilized political violence and terrorism to achieve their political objectives. However, engaging in political violence and terrorism has largely been deemed a man's world. Females who perpetrate both tacitly and explicitly support political violence, and harbor those who commit political violence...; Search Snippet: ...Gender Dimensions of Terrorism from Freedom Fighters to Terrorists: Exploring Women and Political Violence Paige W. Eager , Ph.d. [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Christine Sgarlata Chung |
From Lily Bart to the Boom-boom Room: How Wall Street's Social and Cultural Response to Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 175 (Winter 2010) |
Introduction. 176 Part I: The Pre-Twentieth Century Paradigm: A Fool and Her Money (and Virtue) Are Soon Parted. 183 British Antecedents: Harlots and Wither'd Maids. 183 Early National United States: Where Are Women's Stories?. 185 Part II: Turn of the Century to World War II: New Women Begin Buying and Selling Securities, but They Are Not...; Search Snippet: ...Boom Room: How Wall Street's Social and Cultural Response to Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation Christine Sgarlata Chung [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Bethany Swaton |
Girls Can Play, Too: Has the Lack of Female Leadership in Ncaa Athletics Become an Afterthought? |
20 Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law L. 1 (2010) |
Introduction. 2 II. The Failure of Title IX to Achieve Gender Equality. 5 A. Where are the Women?. 5 B. Title IX Is Not Working. 8 C. Commercialization of College Athletics. 15 D. Benefits of Female Leadership. 18 III. The Minority Coaching Issue. 25 A. Racial Problem and Adoption of the Rooney Rule. 25 B. NCAA. 31 IV. Parallels Between the Racial...; Search Snippet: ...Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law 2010 Article Girls Can Play, Too: Has the Lack of Female Leadership in Ncaa Athletics Become an Afterthought? Bethany Swaton [Fna1... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Mark Allan Herzberg |
Girls Get in Free: a Legal Analysis of the Gender-based Door Entry Policies |
19 Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice 47 (Summer 2010) |
The peaceful mining town of Prescott, Arizona, was burgeoning in 1906. Lucrative capital investments in livestock operations afforded a comfortable lifestyle for many families. While the women of the town were at home for an early bedtime, the men-only saloons along Whiskey Row were lit up with raucous gambling and drinking. However, for one...; Search Snippet: ...Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice Summer 2010 Notes Girls Get in Free: a Legal Analysis of the Gender-based Door Entry Policies Mark Allan Herzberg Copyright (C) 2010... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Eli Wald |
Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes, and the Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms |
78 Fordham Law Review 2245 (April, 2010) |
Large law firms are experiencing a shift in professional ideology. Competitive meritocracy, an ideology that rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s and has come to dominate large law firm thinking since the 1980s, is in decline and is gradually being replaced by a hypercompetitive professional ideology. The consequences of this ideological...; Search Snippet: ...Large Law Firms Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes, and the Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms Eli Wald [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Kristin A. Collins |
Go West, Young Woman! The Mercer Girls and Legal Historiography |
63 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 77 (7/2/2010) |
I. Into a Space Beyond the Bounds of Civilization. 79 II. Bring a Suitable Wife. 82; Search Snippet: ...Review En Banc July 2, 2010 Response Go West, Young Woman! The Mercer Girls and Legal Historiography Kristin A. Collins [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 Vanderbilt... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Rachel M. Zahorsky |
Great Strides for Female Lawyers |
96-SEP ABA Journal 63 (September, 2010) |
ON THE SAME WEEKEND THAT Elena Kagan was sworn in as the fourth female justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, five other female lawyers were honored at the ABA Annual Meeting for their commitment to the equal participation of women in the profession and justice system. The recipients of the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award,...; Search Snippet: ...Aba Edited by James Podgers / Podgersj@staff.abanet.org Great Strides for Female Lawyers Rachel M. Zahorsky Copyright © 2010 by the American Bar... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Lynn Hecht Schafran |
History of Women in the Legal Profession: Edited Transcript |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 211 (Winter/Spring 2010) |
Good afternoon, I am Lynn Hecht Schafran, Director of the National Judicial Education Program at Legal Momentum. If some of you don't know that name, we used to be NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. We changed our name in 2004. For this panel I am wearing two hats. I'm your moderator and I'm also going to be a panelist. We are going to be...; Search Snippet: ...And the History of Women and the Law History of Women in the Legal Profession: Edited Transcript Lynn Hecht Schafran Copyright... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Stacy Calhoun, Nena Messina, Jerome Cartier, Stephanie Torres, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs University of California, Los Angeles |
Implementing Gender-responsive Treatment for Women in Prison: Client and Staff Perspectives |
74-DEC Federal Probation 27 (December, 2010) |
OVER THE PAST TWO decades, the overall number of female prisoners in the United States has grown substantially. While the number of women in prison remains lower than the number of men, women are entering prisons at a faster rate than men. From 1995 to 2005, the total number of female prisoners increased 57 percent compared with a 34 percent...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Wl 5627230 Federal Probation Federal Probation December, 2010 Implementing Gender-responsive Treatment for Women in Prison: Client and Staff Perspectives Stacy Calhoun Nena Messina... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Rebecca Tsosie |
Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: the Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural Survival, and Self-determination |
15 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 187 (Spring 2010) |
As indigenous peoples move toward full realization of their right to self-determination, as affirmed by the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, some have queried whether this will promote the ability of indigenous groups to violate the rights of vulnerable members, particularly women. International human...; Search Snippet: ...Of International Law and Foreign Affairs Spring 2010 Article Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: the Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Thomas D. Russell |
Keep Negroes out of Most Classes Where There Are a Large Number of Girls: the Unseen Power of the Ku Klux Klan and Standardized Testing at the University of Texas, 1899-1999 |
52 South Texas Law Review 1 (Fall 2010) |
I. Introduction: Response to Brown. 1 II. William Stewart Simkins: Klansman and Law Professor. 2 III. Jim Crow Education in Texas. 4 IV. Colonel Simkins Becomes Professor Simkins. 5 V. Separate but Equal . 6 VI. Sweatt v. Painter. 11 VII. Colonel Simkins and his Unseen Power . 12 VIII. Heman Sweatt Goes to Law School. 13 IX. Professor Simkins...; Search Snippet: ...Of Most Classes Where There Are a Large Number of Girls : the Unseen Power of the Ku Klux Klan and Standardized... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| David S. Cohen |
Keeping Men "Men" and Women Down: Sex Segregation, Anti-essentialism, and Masculinity |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 509 (Summer 2010) |
Introduction. 509 I. The Stubborn Persistence of Sex Segregation. 513 II. Gender, Antiessentialism, and Masculinities. 517 A. Gender and Antiessentialism. 517 B. Multiple Masculinities. 521 III. Hegemonic Masculinity. 522 A. Not Feminine. 525 B. Heterosexual. 528 C. Physically Aggressive. 532 IV. The Hegemony of Men. 535 A. The Category of Men ....; Search Snippet: ...Of Law & Gender Summer 2010 Article Keeping Men Men and Women Down: Sex Segregation, Anti-essentialism, and Masculinity David S. Cohen... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Sally Engle Merry, Peggy Levitt, Mihaela Şerban Rosen, Diana H. Yoon |
Law from Below: Women's Human Rights and Social Movements in New York City |
44 Law and Society Review 101 (March, 2010) |
Despite the ambivalent history of the domestic application of human rights in the United States, human rights increasingly offer important resources for American grassroots activists. Within the constraints of U.S. policy toward human rights, they provide social movements a kind of global law from below: a form of cosmopolitan law that subalterns...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Society Review March, 2010 Article Law from Below: Women's Human Rights and Social Movements in New York City Sally... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Pooja Nair, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School 2011. |
Litigating Against the Forced Sterilization of Hiv-positive Women: Recent Developments in Chile and Namibia |
23 Harvard Human Rights Journal 223 (Spring 2010) |
In response to rising Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infection rates, poverty, and overpopulation, some nations have resorted to a policy of forcibly sterilizing HIV-positive women in order to prevent the transmission of HIV during childbirth. Such forced sterilization violates a woman's fundamental right to control her own body and her right...; Search Snippet: ...Recent Development Litigating Against the Forced Sterilization of Hiv-positive Women: Recent Developments in Chile and Namibia Pooja Nair J.d. Candidate... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Leslye E. Orloff , Kathryn C. Isom , Edmundo Saballos |
Mandatory U-visa Certification Unnecessarily Undermines the Purpose of the Violence Against Women Act's Immigration Protections and its "Any Credible Evidence" Rules--a Call for Consistency |
11 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 619 (2010) |
I. Background and Legislative History of VAWA's Any Credible Evidence Standard of Proof Provisions 622 A. From Coverture to the Immigration Act of 1990's Battered Spouse Waiver 622 B. The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Implementation of the Battered Spouse Waiver 624 C. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994's Response: Any Credible...; Search Snippet: ...Visa Certification Unnecessarily Undermines the Purpose of the Violence Against Women Act's Immigration Protections and its Any Credible Evidence Rules--a... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Ellen Dannin |
Marriage and Law Reform: Lessons from the Nineteenth-century Michigan Married Women's Property Acts |
20 Texas Journal of Women and the Law L. 1 (Fall 2010) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 3 II. THE STUDY. 9 A. The Motivation for the Study. 9 B. Theories to be Tested. 10 C. Background Information on the Deeds Examined. 11 D. Data From the First Deeds Study. 12 E. Data From the Second Deeds Study. 21 III. DO THE RESULTS FIT WITH THEORIES AS TO WHY THE MICHIGAN MWPA WAS ENACTED?. 22 A. Debtor Relief. 23 B. Women's...; Search Snippet: ...And Law Reform: Lessons from the Nineteenth-century Michigan Married Women's Property Acts Ellen Dannin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Texas Journal... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Kelly Lynn Anders , Washburn University, kelly.anders@washburn.edu |
Movies with Women Lawyers as Leading Characters |
79-JUN Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 11 (June, 2010) |
My wife is a lawyer, and she loves television shows about lawyers. If it involves the law, lawyers, or law firms, she'll watch it. She especially enjoys shows with minority female lawyer characters. I think it's probably helpful for her to see these images because she sometimes feels isolated. She is the only lawyer in our family, and we don't have...; Search Snippet: ...Association June, 2010 Regular Feature the Diversity Corner Movies with Women Lawyers as Leading Characters Kelly Lynn Anders [Fna1] Washburn University... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Rebecca A. Hart |
No Exceptions Made: Sexual Assault Against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services |
25 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 209 (Fall 2010) |
Introduction. 211 I. Sexual Assault in Indian Country. 216 A. The Epidemic of Sexual Assault in Indian Country. 216 B. The Federal Trust Relationship and Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country. 217 i. Federal and Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over Sexual Assault Committed by a Native American. 218 ii. Federal and Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over...; Search Snippet: ...Society Fall 2010 Articles No Exceptions Made: Sexual Assault Against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services Rebecca A. Hart... |
2010 |
Yes |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Joanne Belknap |
Offending Women: a Double Entendre |
100 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1061 (Summer 2010) |
Two of the most significant contributions of feminist criminology since the 1970s are the documentation of (1) the significant amount of violence against women and girls perpetrated by men and boys; and (2) how girls' and women's victimizations and trauma, often at the hands of abusive men, are risk factors for their subsequent offending or...; Search Snippet: ...Symposium: a Century of Criminal Justice Iii. The People Offending Women : a Double Entendre Joanne Belknap [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Northwestern... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Maia Goodell |
Physical-strength Rationales for De Jure Exclusion of Women from Military Combat Positions |
34 Seattle University Law Review 17 (Fall, 2010) |
In his first State of the Union Address, President Obama pledged, This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It's the right thing to do. Since its foundation, our country has struggled with the legal and social...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Article Physical-strength Rationales for De Jure Exclusion of Women from Military Combat Positions Maia Goodell [Fnd1] Copyright © 2010 By... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Angela Mae Kupenda , Letitia Simmons Johnson , Ramona Seabron-Williams |
Political Invisibility of Black Women: Still Suspect but No Suspect Class |
50 Washburn Law Journal 109 (Fall 2010) |
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in. Black women have been doubly victimized by scholarly neglect and racist assumptions. Belonging as they do to two groups which have traditionally been treated as inferiors by American society--Blacks and women--they have been doubly invisible. History...; Search Snippet: ...Washburn Law Journal Fall 2010 Article Political Invisibility of Black Women: Still Suspect but No Suspect Class Angela Mae Kupenda [Fna1... |
2010 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Rachel J. Anderson |
Promoting Distributional Equality for Women: Some Thoughts on Gender and Global Corporate Citizenship in Foreign Direct Investment |
32 Women's Rights Law Reporter 1 (Fall, 2010) |
This essay applies a legal theory of global corporate citizenship to the question of women's distributional equality in foreign direct investment (FDI). It proposes ways that a legal theory of mandatory global corporate citizenship can expand the ways we think about regulating transnational corporations and promoting gender equality. Gender...; Search Snippet: ...Presentations: Women, Law, and the Economy Promoting Distributional Equality for Women: Some Thoughts on Gender and Global Corporate Citizenship in Foreign Direct Investment Rachel J... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Sarah Deer |
Relocation Revisited: Sex Trafficking of Native Women in the United States |
36 William Mitchell Law Review 621 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 622 II. Historical Overview: Preliminary Notes on Context. 630 III. Enslavement. 632 A. Pre-Colonial Human Captivity. 633 B. Indian Slavery under Spanish and Portuguese Law. 636 C. Indian Slavery under English Law. 638 D. Indian Slavery under French Law. 639 E. Indian Slavery in the United States. 640 IV. Exploitation. 640 A....; Search Snippet: ...Review 2010 Indian Law Relocation Revisited: Sex Trafficking of Native Women in the United States Sarah Deer [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2010... |
2010 |
Yes |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Margareth Etienne |
Sentencing Women: Reassessing the Claims of Disparity |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 73 (Fall 2010) |
Despite its title, this Article is perhaps as much about sentencing men as it is about sentencing women. Any account of how courts sentence female defendants is incomplete without some understanding of how courts sentence male defendants. This is so in part because one of the most intractable puzzles in sentencing law is the notable disparity...; Search Snippet: ...Economics, and the Law Criminal Sentencing Guidelines Conference Articles Sentencing Women: Reassessing the Claims of Disparity Margareth Etienne [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Amanda Kloer |
Sex Trafficking and Hiv/aids a Deadly Junction for Women and Girls |
37-SPG Human Rights 8 (Spring, 2010) |
A way out of no way, it's flesh out of flesh, it's courage that cries out at night; A way out of no way, it's flesh out of flesh, it's bravery kept out of sight; A way out of no way, it's too much to ask, it's too much of a task for any one woman.--Oughta Be A Woman, by Sweet Honey in the Rock The nexus of the global epidemics of sex...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Sex Trafficking and Hiv/aids a Deadly Junction for Women and Girls Amanda Kloer [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 by American Bar Association; Amanda... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Marisa Rothstein |
Sharing the Stage: Using Title Vii to End Discrimination Against Female Playwrights on Broadway |
17 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 171 (2010) |
It's time to hear both sides, to hear all voices, to build a culture where stories are told by both men and women. That is the way the planet is going to survive, and it's the way we are going to survive. - Theresa Rebeck, American playwright In the 2008-2009 season, women wrote only ten of the seventy-eight shows produced on Broadway. This...; Search Snippet: ...Sharing the Stage: Using Title Vii to End Discrimination Against Female Playwrights on Broadway Marisa Rothstein [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Yeshiva... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Adele M. Morrison |
Straightening Up: Black Women Law Professors, Interracial Relationships, and Academic Fit(ting) in |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 85 (Winter 2010) |
In Making Up Is Hard to Do: Race/Gender/Sexual Orientation in the Law School Classroom, Professors Robert Chang and Adrienne Davis write of the tools that people of color, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons use in order to fit into the role of law professor. They further explore how those same groups are perceived,...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Gender Winter 2010 Article Straightening Up: Black Women Law Professors, Interracial Relationships, and Academic Fit(ting) in Adele... |
2010 |
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African/Black American |
| Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro |
Successes and Further Goals for Women in the Workforce |
37-SUM Human Rights 9 (Summer, 2010) |
The fifteenth anniversary of the Beijing Conference on Women, explored in this issue of Human Rights, marks an important milestone. And, like all milestones, it represents an occasion for us to pause and reflect on women's long national journey toward full equality--both in how far we have come, and how much further we still need to go. In terms of...; Search Snippet: ...Rights Human Rights Summer, 2010 Successes and Further Goals for Women in the Workforce Congresswoman Rosa L. Delauro [Fna1] Copyright © 2010... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Jeanine DeBor |
Suffragists, Unite!: Remembering the Struggle for Women's Suffrage |
12 No. 5 Lawyers Journal J. 7 (2/26/2010) |
Constitutional Amendment XIX, passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and ratified Aug. 18, 1920, states that The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. As we look toward the 90th anniversary of women's right to vote, a brief history of the long and painful...; Search Snippet: ...The Law Division Page Suffragists, Unite!: Remembering the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Jeanine Debor [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 by Allegheny County Bar... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Asmara M. Tekle |
The "Non-maternal Wall" and Women of Color in High Governmental Office |
35 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 169 (Spring, 2010) |
Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Justice Sonia Sotomayor are renowned and to be admired for their ascendance to the heights of American government, a feat that few individuals, let alone women of color, have achieved. What these highly accomplished women are less well known for, however, is their ability to balance motherhood and a...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Spring, 2010 Articles the Non-maternal Wall and Women of Color in High Governmental Office Asmara M. Tekle [Fna1... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Felice Batlan |
The Birth of Legal Aid: Gender Ideologies, Women, and the Bar in New York City, 1863-1910 |
28 Law and History Review 931 (November, 2010) |
At the New York Legal Aid Society's twenty-fifth anniversary banquet in 1901, Arthur von Briesen, the Society's longtime president, ended the evening with the following acknowledgement: Before we separate I beg to be permitted to say a few words on . the valuable aid which the Society has received from the women of New York. I want you to...; Search Snippet: ...History Review November, 2010 Article the Birth of Legal Aid: Gender Ideologies, Women, and the Bar in New York City, 1863-1910 Felice... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Bridget J. Crawford |
The Currency of White Women's Hair in a down Economy |
32 Women's Rights Law Reporter 45 (Fall, 2010) |
Women want choices, especially when it comes to their hair. At just about any suburban drugstore, a woman of moderate means can buy hundreds of different hair dyes, gels, sprays, oils, shampoos, and conditioning treatments. On sale are hair combs, brushes, clips, rollers, bows, crimpers, irons, and even extensions, just an aisle or two away from...; Search Snippet: ...Presentations: Women, Law, and the Economy the Currency of White Women's Hair in a down Economy Bridget J. Crawford [Fna1] Copyright... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| John Sarto |
The Disproportionate Representation of Women in Subprime Lending: Cause, Effect, and Remedies |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 337 (Winter/Spring 2010) |
Home ownership is an American obsession which explains why most Americans are willing to make dramatic sacrifices in order to own a home. Because it has given many more people the ability to purchase homes, it is not a surprise that subprime lending has become pervasive in the last decade. Recently, however, subprime lending has contributed to...; Search Snippet: ...Winter/spring 2010 December 2010 Note the Disproportionate Representation of Women in Subprime Lending: Cause, Effect, and Remedies John Sarto [Fna1... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Elizabeth J. Kennedy |
The Invisible Corner: Expanding Workplace Rights for Female Day Laborers |
31 Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law 126 (2010) |
Governmental approaches to regulating day labor markets have focused principally on industries such as construction, landscaping and agriculture, in which day labor is performed almost exclusively by men. Legal and social science scholarship regarding day labor has largely ignored the significant numbers of women working in domestic industries like...; Search Snippet: ...Law 2010 Articles the Invisible Corner: Expanding Workplace Rights for Female Day Laborers Elizabeth J. Kennedy [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2010 The... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Carrie Griffin Basas |
The New Boys: Women with Disabilities and the Legal Profession |
25 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 32 (Spring 2010) |
This essay fuses the fields of law, feminist theory, and cultural studies to examine the status of women attorneys with disabilities. It is the first study of its kind in the United States. The author conducted an empirical, qualitative, and ethnographic study of thirty-eight women attorneys with disabilities in the United States. Their...; Search Snippet: ...Of Gender, Law & Justice Spring 2010 Article the New Boys: Women with Disabilities and the Legal Profession Carrie Griffin Basas [Fnd1... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Gary Ford |
The New Jim Crow: Male and Female, South and North, from Cradle to Grave, Perception and Reality: Racial Disparity and Bias in America's Criminal Justice System |
11 Rutgers Race & the Law Review 323 (2010) |
The new Jim Crow is the criminal justice system and its impact on poor people in general and people of colour in particular. Desre'e Watson, a six year-old black girl was arrested and charged with a felony for disruption of her kindergarten class. Shaquanda Cotton, a fifteen-year old black girl with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2010 Article the New Jim Crow: Male and Female, South and North, from Cradle to Grave, Perception and Reality... |
2010 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Diane Crothers |
The Origins of the Women's Rights Law Reporter in the Civil Rights and Women's Liberation Movements |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 190 (Winter/Spring 2010) |
First, I want to thank Professor Suzanne Kim for initiating this Symposium and to thank Rutgers Law School for, once again, supporting women's efforts to reshape the law and the world. Although I am Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's Deputy Commissioner for Equal Employment Opportunity for New York City, this article is written in my personal capacity. I...; Search Snippet: ...History of Women and the Law the Origins of the Women's Rights Law Reporter in the Civil Rights and Women's Liberation Movements Diane Crothers Copyright (C) 2010 Women's Rights Law... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| Karla Mari McKanders |
The Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice Just. 1 (Fall 2010) |
Like the canary's distress, which alerted miners to poison in the air, issues of race point to conditions in American society that endanger us all. --Lani Guinier, The Miner's Canary Like the canary in the mine, the voices of indigenous Guatemalan women detained in immigration raids signal conditions within the immigration system in need of change....; Search Snippet: ...And the Law Symposium Article the Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids Karla Mari Mckanders [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010... |
2010 |
Yes |
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| John Stogner |
The War on Whiskey in the Womb: Assessing the Merit of Challenges to Statutes Restricting the Alcohol Intake of Pregnant Women |
7 Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy 259 (Spring, 2010) |
I. Introduction. 260 II. The Concerns over Drinking While Pregnant. 261 III. The Statutes in Question. 266 IV. Debunking the Arguments Against Restricting Alcohol Use in Pregnancy. 272 A. Addressing Privacy Concerns. 273 B. Equal Protection Concerns. 278 i. The Gender Argument. 278 ii. The Pregnancy Status Argument. 281 iii. The Socioeconomic...; Search Snippet: ...Of Challenges to Statutes Restricting the Alcohol Intake of Pregnant Women John Stogner [Fn1] Copyright © 2010 by Rutgers University School Of... |
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| Geneva Brown |
The Wind Cries Mary--the Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Reentry: Challenges for African-american Women |
24 Saint John's Journal of Legal Commentary 625 (Summer 2010) |
To deliver up bodies destined for profitable punishment, the political economy of prisons relies on racialized assumptions of criminality--such as images of black welfare mothers reproducing criminal children--and on racist practices in arrest, conviction, and sentencing patterns. Angela Davis warned of the impending growth of the prison industrial...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Article the Wind Cries Mary--the Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Reentry: Challenges for African- American Women Geneva Brown [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 St. John's University; Geneva... |
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| Sara Manzano-Díaz |
The Women's Bureau |
37-SUM Human Rights 12 (Summer, 2010) |
The Work of this Bureau lies not in discovering the statistics, but in making the statistics human, so that we can know the public opinion based upon facts and that is what we do not have and what we need very much. --Mary E. McDowell, head of the University of Chicago Settlement, March 4, 1920 Ninety years ago, in 1920, Congress created the...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Wl 5820196 Human Rights Human Rights Summer, 2010 the Women's Bureau a Continuous Fight Against Inequality Sara Manzano-díaz [Fna1... |
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| Arline Jolles Lotman |
Three Women Justices All at the Same Time: Have Women's Rights and Equality Really Gone Too Far?(!) |
32-DEC Pennsylvania Lawyer 52 (November/December, 2010) |
Well, that liberal U.S. Senate did it again -- and with some votes from those wild-eyed progressive Republicans. Elena Kagan's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court was confirmed almost one year to the day after the Senate confirmed Justice Sonia Sotomayor. They now sit with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who joined the court in 1993. Doesn't anyone...; Search Snippet: ...Pennsylvania Lawyer November/december, 2010 Special Technology Report Commentary Three Women Justices All at the Same Time: Have Women's Rights and Equality Really Gone Too Far?(!) Arline Jolles Lotman... |
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| Shelley D. Hayes, Bambi W. Gaddist, Andre W. Rawls |
Universal Access and Human Rights for Women and Girls, Too |
37-SPG Human Rights Rts. 4 (Spring, 2010) |
HIV is the leading cause of death and disease in women of reproductive age around the world. Thus it is that the 2009 World AIDS Day Theme, Universal Access and Human Rights, was particularly applicable to the plight of women and girls in resource-rich and resource-limited countries alike. Below we hope to illustrate some of the ways in which...; Search Snippet: ...Human Rights Spring, 2010 Universal Access and Human Rights for Women and Girls, Too Shelley D. Hayes Bambi W. Gaddist Andre W. Rawls... |
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